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Freedom from fear : and other writings

"Aung San Suu Kyi, human-rights activist and leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, was detained in 1989 by SLORC, the ruling military junta. Today, she is newly liberated from six years' house arrest in Rangoon, where she was held as a prisoner of conscience, despite an overwhelming victory by her party in May 1990." "This collection of writings, now revised with substantial new material, including the text of the Nobel Peace Prize speech delivered by her son, reflects Aung San Suu Kyi's greatest hopes and fears for her people and her concern about the need for international cooperation, and gives poignant and humorous reminiscences as well as independent assessments of her role in politics. Containing speeches, letters and interviews, some of which are newly added, these writings give a voice to Burma's 'woman of destiny', who was awarded both the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 1995
Penguin Books, London, 1995
xxxi, 374 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
9780140253177, 9780141039497, 0140253173, 0141039493
35990446
List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgementsxi
Foreword to the First Editionxiii
Vaclav Havel
Foreword to the Second Editionxv
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Introductionxvii
Michael Aris
PART ONE: The Inheritance
My Father
3(36)
My Country and People
39(43)
Intellectual Life in Burma and India under Colonialism
82(58)
Literature and Nationalism in Burma
140(27)
PART TWO: The Struggle
In Quest of Democracy
167(13)
Freedom from Fear
180(6)
The True Meaning of Boh
186(6)
Speech to a Mass Rally at the Shwedagon Pagoda
192(7)
The Objectives
199(4)
In the Eye of the Revolution
203(5)
Two Letters to Amnesty International
208(3)
Letter to the Ambassadors
211(1)
The Role of the Citizen in the Struggle for Democracy
212(2)
Open Letter to the UN Commission on Human Rights
214(3)
Dust and Sweat
217(1)
The Need for Solidarity among Ethnic Groups
218(6)
The People Want Freedom
224(3)
The Agreement to Stand for Election
227(1)
The 1991 Nobel Prize for Peace
228(7)
The Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
235(4)
Towards a True Refuge
239(10)
The Need for Dialogue
249(11)
Empowerment for a Culture of Peace and Development
260(15)
PART THREE: Appreciations
A Flowering of the Spirit: Memories of Suu and Her Family
275(17)
Ma Than E
Suu Burmese
292(9)
Ann Pasternak Slater
Aung San Suu Kyi: Is She Burma's Woman of Destiny?
301(17)
Josef Silverstein
Aung San Suu Kyi and the Peaceful Struggle for Human Rights in Burma
318(42)
Philip Kreager
The Spirit of Reconciliation
360(2)
List of Contributors362(3)
Index365